Show BEEF PRICES one of the most extensive packers in chicago explains why beef is high lie shows there is a scarcity of livestock the decreases in receipts at the five big markets of the country aggregating for one month 2 hogs cattle and but this is not alie only factor that has played a part in raising prices everything used by alie packers in preparing pie paring the meats for alie market has advanced in price coal has gone up 25 per cent salt has doubled lumber am advanced an average of 7 per 1000 feet and nil things in proportion except labor which remains about the same or a little bit higher than tarco years ago if the packer states the cac correctly there can be no drop in beef prices until i the priced of livestock goes down there fore tho present crusade against tho packers is indirectly an attack on western owners of cattle and sheep since the agitation commenced whole communities leave ceased to cat meat and the boycott is said to have materially affect PU the gales of all kinds of packing house products |